Also called: 2019-nCov, 2019 Novel Coronavirus

OVERVIEW

SYMPTOMS

PREVENTION

TREATMENTS 

By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent 30 March 2020

 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51048366 

Since January, novel coronavirus has spread to nearly every state and territory

By Sergio Hernandez, Sean O’Key, Amanda Watts, Byron Manley and Henrik Pettersson, CNN

Last updated: March 30, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. ET

 https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-us-maps-and-cases/ 

 This map is your interactive guide to confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from the coronavirus around the state, nation and world. It combines data from the World Health Organization, U.S. and European CDCs, and the National Health Commission of China. 

 https://data.courierpostonline.com/coronavirus/ 

 The COVID Tracking Project

 https://covidtracking.com/data/ 

 https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en 

 https://www.bing.com/covid 

Maryland and Virginia issued statewide stay-at-home orders, and the F.D.A. approved two malaria drugs to treat coronavirus patients. Macy’s said it would furlough most of its 125,000 workers.

RIGHT NOW

President Trump said the United States soon will be producing so many ventilators and other medical equipment that the government will be sending supplies to hard-hit Europe.

新冠病毒疫情最新消息

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/coronavirus-news.html  

By Mitch Smith, Karen Yourish, Sarah Almukhtar, Keith Collins, Danielle Ivory, Allison McCann, Jin Wu and Amy HarmonUpdated March 26, 2020, 5:27 P.M. E.T.

Map 

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html 

 Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html 

 Mar 27, 2020 04:02 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Tian Jiawei, Zeng Jia and Han Wei 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-27/keys-in-fighting-covid-19-are-testing-tracing-isolation-who-says-101534587.html 

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

Updated 11:00 AM ET, Fri March 20, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/health/coronavirus-symptoms-list-what-to-do-wellness/index.html 

 Mar 23, 2020 09:32 PM

By Zhao Jinzhao and Dave Yin 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-23/despite-official-figures-wuhan-continues-to-find-new-asymptomatic-covid-19-cases-daily-101532880.html 

 Mar 23, 2020 09:46 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-23/coronavirus-live-updates-monday-hong-kong-reports-more-new-cases-than-chinese-mainland-global-infections-top-330000-101532621.html 

Analysis by James Griffiths, CNN

Updated 4:37 AM ET, Mon March 23, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/asia/hong-kong-coronavirus-quarantine-intl-hnk/index.html

Mar. 23, 2020 1:26 PM ET|About: Tekla World Healthcare... (THW)|By: Douglas W. House, SA News Editor  

 https://seekingalpha.com/news/3554308-new-york-launches-use-of-malaria-drug-to-treat-covidminus-19  

By Jessie Yeung, Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Emma Reynolds, Mike Hayes and Meg Wagner, CNN

Updated 1:10 p.m. ET, March 24, 2020 

 https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-24-20-intl-hnk/h_478a57ca8ce9ac53c3b9816327f7d0f8 

By Keshia ClukeyMarch 24, 2020, 11:16 AM EDT Updated on March 24, 2020, 11:41 AM EDT

• New York has 10 times more cases than California, Cuomo says
• Lack of ventilators seen as a huge problem once N.Y. hits apex

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/n-y-s-cuomo-says-rate-of-virus-cases-increasing-despite-actions?srnd=premium 

 Mar 25, 2020 07:18 PM

By Zeng Yukun, Ma Danmeng and Yang Ge 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-25/high-elderly-population-limited-testing-may-underlie-italys-high-covid-19-death-rate-paper-101533943.html 

 The George Washington University Hospital  

Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19

 https://www.gwhospital.com/health-alert 

• Studies and observations in several countries indicate significant numbers of patients experience a loss of smell
• Identifying these symptoms could allow testing and isolation of people who would otherwise infect others, doctors say

Sarah Zheng

Published: 4:58pm, 25 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076933/coronavirus-loss-smell-or-taste-could-be-symptom-growing 

 Mar 27, 2020 09:24 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Wen Simin and Timmy Shen 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-27/new-study-indicates-coronavirus-spreads-easily-even-when-symptoms-are-mild-101535113.html 

In another day of mixed messages, the president criticized G.M. and authorized the use of the Defense Production Act to force it to make ventilators after the company had already announced it was going to.

By David E. Sanger, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni  March 27, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-ventilators-gm-ventec.html 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/coronavirus-news.html 

• More than 100 Chinese companies are selling coronavirus testing kits to Europe, but most are not licensed to sell in China
• A global shortage of kits has sparked a scramble for resources, but the specialist nature of the production process provides limitations

Finbarr Bermingham, Sidney Leng and Echo Xie in Beijing

Published: 6:00am, 30 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3077314/coronavirus-china-ramps-covid-19-test-kit-exports-amid-global 

Mar. 27, 2020 3:47 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), Includes: JNJ, MRNA, RHHBY, VIR

Summary

Politicos from every country have failed to understand and to effectively battle the Covid-19 virus.

Politicos from every country have failed to understand and to effectively battle the Covid-19 virus.

The virus was the pin the popped the highly leveraged and overconfident market that many were indicating/predicting needed some adjustment. But not many were forecasting a -37% “pin” reduction vs.Jan.

an antiviral drug is a virus suppressant that blocks the chemical compounds that the virus needs for replication, its goal is to reduce the number of virus counts in the body to a manageable state.

Mar. 27, 2020 3:47 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), Includes: JNJ, MRNA, RHHBY, VIR 

 https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5205071-danwatson888/5426472-biotech-war-burn-ships 

 https://seekingbiotechalpha.com/biotechstorm 

By Michael D'Antonio

Updated 6:14 PM ET, Mon March 30, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/opinions/history-verdict-on-trump-devastating-dantonio/index.html 

By Holly Yan, Madeline Holcombe and Steve Almasy, CNN

Updated 7:52 PM ET, Mon March 30, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/health/us-coronavirus-updates-monday/index.html 

The pandemic has begun to sweep through New York City’s medical ranks, and anxiety is growing among normally dispassionate medical professionals.

By Michael Schwirtz

• March 30, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/nyregion/ny-coronavirus-doctors-sick.html 

New studies suggest the virus can cross the placenta, but newborns have been mildly affected if at all.

By Apoorva Mandavilli  March 27, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/health/shielding-the-fetus-from-the-coronavirus.html 

By Nate Cohn, Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz and Kevin QuealyMarch 27, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/27/upshot/coronavirus-new-york-comparison.html 

By Dakin Andone, CNN

Updated 8:04 PM ET, Sat March 28, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/us/inside-hospitals-coronavirus-vignettes/index.html 

By Dakin Andone and Christina Maxouris, CNN

Updated 9:28 PM ET, Sat March 28, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/health/us-coronavirus-weekend-saturday/index.html 

America squandered its best chance of containing the virus because of faulty test kits, red tape and lapses in leadership, interviews show.

By Michael D. Shear, Abby Goodnough, Sheila Kaplan, Sheri Fink, Katie Thomas and Noah Weiland   March 28, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/testing-coronavirus-pandemic.html 

With coronavirus cases mounting, emergency workers are making life-or-death decisions about who goes to a hospital, and who is left behind.

By Ali Watkins  March 28, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-ems.html 

By Mitch Smith, Karen Yourish, Sarah Almukhtar, Keith Collins, Danielle Ivory, Allison McCann, Jin Wu and Amy HarmonUpdated March 29, 2020, 8:02 A.M. E.T.

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html 

Opinion

In this nightmarish moment, we’re feeling warm and fuzzy about the cold and calculating Andrew Cuomo. 

By Maureen Dowd  Opinion Columnist

March 27, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/sunday/cuomo-new-york-coronavirus.html 

 Mar 29, 2020 12:47 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Zhang Erchi and Guo Yingzhe 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-29/zhejiang-covid-19-infection-highlights-threat-from-asymptomatic-carriers-101535677.html 

• Covid-19 symptoms tend to be milder in kids, according to studies in Zhejiang and Wuhan, with asymptomatic infections ‘not uncommon’
• But health experts say more investigation into the chain of transmission is needed

Matt Ho and Jane Cai

Published: 10:00am, 29 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3077402/new-chinese-research-may-point-possible-role-children 

• The truth to emerge from the pandemic is that all humans share a common destiny, and we are embroiled in our biggest battle since World War II
• Only when the human race chooses to share, help, care, cooperate and support each other can we beat this enemy from nature

Cary Huang

Published: 11:30am, 29 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3077321/coronavirus-china-cant-suppress-it-us-military-cant-kill-it-covid 

Seven human coronaviruses in seven graphics

 https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3075382/decoding-coronavirus-covid-19/index.html?src=article-launcher 

 Mar 29, 2020 06:41 PMOPINION

By Wang Shuo 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-29/as-us-sits-on-ample-ventilator-supply-china-wages-must-win-battle-to-contain-covid-19-in-hubei-101535747.html 

By Devan Cole, CNN

Updated 1:27 PM ET, Sun March 29, 2020

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/politics/coronavirus-deaths-cases-anthony-fauci-cnntv/index.html 

• Researchers from Imperial College in London say that without steps such as social distancing Covid-19 could have killed 40 million people this year
• Study warns governments will have to make ‘challenging decisions’ but limiting social contacts could halve the death toll

Matt Ho

Published: 7:00am, 31 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3077646/coronavirus-social-distancing-could-save-millions-lives-study 

• One doctor in Wuhan describes the emotional toll of trying to care for Covid-19 patients and warns that the most serious cases are still struggling to make it
• Medical staff had to learn on the job when treating the previously unknown disease, which may have cost some patients their lives

Zhuang Pinghui in Beijing

Published: 7:00am, 1 Apr, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3077796/doctors-frontline-battle-coronavirus-tell-race-respond-onset-new 

   remdesivir 

By Jason GaleMarch 28, 2020, 6:21 PM EDT Updated on March 29, 2020, 4:49 AM EDT

• Remdesivir given to over 1,000 patients for compassionate use
• Multiple clinical trials may report initial results in weeks

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-28/gilead-says-it-s-expanding-access-to-covid-19-drug?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews 

 01-Apr-2020

• Remdesivir is an investigational agent – it is not approved anywhere globally and has not been demonstrated to be safe or effective for any use.
• The UK is one of the countries where Gilead is running clinical trials to evaluate remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19

London, April 1st 2020 – Gilead Sciences 

 https://www.pharmiweb.com/press-release/2020-04-01/gilead-sciences-announces-two-phase-3-randomised-studies-to-evaluate-the-safety-and-antiviral-activity-of-remdesivir-gs-5734-in-participants-with-m 

 Gilead Sciences Statement on Request to Rescind Remdesivir Orphan Drug Designation 

 https://www.gilead.com/-/media/gilead-corporate/files/pdfs/company-statements/remdesivir-orphan-drug-designation.pdf?la=en&hash=ED14BC7B26E2FEAA2E31E7741A8C9692 

Mar. 28, 2020 6:19 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: SA Eli Hoffmann, SA News Editor  

 https://seekingalpha.com/news/3556087-gilead-ceo-on-track-to-initial-data-in-coming-weeks 

Daniel O’Day - March 28, 2020

 https://www.gilead.com/stories/articles/an-open-letter-from-our-chairman-and-ceo 

  9636   

By George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

2020/03/26 21:24

 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3905171 

 https://seekingalpha.com/news/3555135-gilead-to-withdraw-orphan-drug-tag-for-remdesivir-shares-down-3 

ALLISON GATLIN  04:15 PM ET 03/25/2020

 https://www.investors.com/news/technology/coronavirus-treatment-gild-stock-dives-asks-fda-rescind-key-status-covid-19-drug/?refcode=TechReport-03252020-3-DA-1:03:2020:1Q:NewsLetter:Email:TechReport-03252020:na:na:na:na:25:14:3:DA:1 

Mar. 23, 2020 4:34 PM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor  

 https://seekingalpha.com/news/3554448-gileads-remdesivir-receives-orphan-drug-status-for-coronavirus 

 https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19 

• About Remdesivir
  • Remdesivir Clinical Trials
  • Emergency Access to Remdesivir Outside of Clinical Trials
  • Increasing Manufacturing and Supply of Remdesivir
• Supply of Approved Products
• Ongoing Support for Community Organizations

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GILD 

 Gilead Mulls Hiring Remdesivir OEMs in China if Drug Passes Clinical TrialsTANG SHIHUADATE : MAR 25 2020/SOURCE : YICAI 

 https://yicaiglobal.com/news/gilead-mulls-hiring-remdesivir-oems-in-china-if-drug-passes-clinical-trials 

The company says it will switch to a broader approach for its experimental drug, remdesivir. But it was overwhelmed by demand for a potential treatment promoted by President Trump.

 By Katie Thomas March 23, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/health/coronavirus-drugs-remdesivir.html 

 CORONAVIRUS

 By David Louie

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 8:50PM

PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) 

 https://abc7news.com/6047442/ 

• Researchers are looking to repurpose existing pharmaceuticals to target a disease that has already killed thousands around the world
• Some have potential in helping those at greatest risk, virologist says

Josephine Ma

Published: 8:00am, 24 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076502/race-drug-battle-against-coronavirus 

Michael L. Diamond, Asbury Park PressPublished 5:00 a.m. ET March 24, 2020 | Updated 7:44 a.m. ET March 24, 2020 

 https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2020/03/24/coronavirus-nj-going-get-worse-before-gets-better-says-hospital-chief/2901766001 

UPDATED ON: MARCH 24, 2020 / 2:29 PM / CBS NEWS

 https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-latest-news-deaths-2020-03-24/ 

• Researchers find viral load highest in first seven days after patients start showing signs of the disease
• Self-collected saliva samples could be safer than throat and nasal swabs taken by medical professionals, they say

Mandy Zuo in Shanghai and Holly Chik

Published: 8:30pm, 25 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076959/coronavirus-patients-may-be-most-infectious-first-week-symptoms 

 Opinion  

Dale Fisher

• It’s really about leadership being organised enough to get the messaging right. People will feel more comfortable and are more likely to follow the rules
• In Singapore, we want life to go on as normal. We want businesses, churches, restaurants and schools to stay open. This is what success looks like

Dale Fisher

Published: 12:42pm, 25 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3076885/why-singapores-coronavirus-response-worked-and-what-we-can-all 

 PUBLISHED

MAR 28, 2020, 3:00 PM SGT 

 PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) 

 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/who-chooses-malaysia-to-run-trials-on-new-drug-to-fight-covid-19 

• Magazine quotes truck driver saying he delivered thousands of funeral urns to facilities in the city last week
• Relatives of deceased only able to collect ashes in last week as centres in the city began clearing backlog

 The comment came after reports that funeral homes in Wuhan have ordered thousands more urns than the official death tally of coronavirus patients in the city.

In a report on the weekend, Caixin magazine quoted a truck driver as saying he delivered about 5,000 urns on Wednesday and Thursday to the funeral parlour in Hankou district – one of eight such facilities in the city.

William Zheng

Published: 11:00pm, 30 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3077644/funeral-parlour-report-fans-fears-over-wuhan-death-toll 

 EYE ON THE NEWS

Overregulation has played a dangerous role in America’s coronavirus outbreak.Roger D. KleinMarch 4, 2020 Health Care 

 For those without known exposures, CDC only recommends testing for severely affected patients. In theory, doctors could have tested any individuals in whom they suspected coronavirus, and Vice President Pence on March 3rd encouraged this; however, the unavailability of testing has been a major obstacle in practice. On February 4, following Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s declaration of a public-health emergency, the Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the CDC, allowing it to distribute test kits to designated public-health laboratories. The CDC began shipping the kits on February 5, but laboratories could not validate them because they contained a defective reagent. 

 Prognosis

By Daniel Flatley, John Tozzi, and Shira SteinMarch 5, 2020, 9:48 AM EST Updated on March 5, 2020, 12:10 PM EST

• GOP senators says kits to be in mail by end of this week
• Distribution, training ‘going to take time,’ Lankford says

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-05/u-s-won-t-meet-coronavirus-test-rollout-goal-senators-say 

 Mar 07, 2020 08:25 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Zhang Yang, Huang Shulun and Denise Jia 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-07/covid-19-relapse-mystery-may-be-linked-to-controversial-treatment-researchers-say-101525073.html 

March 6, 2020 at 7:19 am Updated March 7, 2020 at 11:08 am 

 By 

Emily M. Eng 

Seattle Times graphics editor

 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/facts-about-novel-coronavirus-and-how-to-prevent-covid-19/ 

 Prognosis

By Heejin Kim, Sohee Kim, and Claire CheMarch 4, 2020, 4:00 PM EST Updated on March 5, 2020, 1:18 AM EST

• Country is testing at fastest global pace as cases top 5,000
• Faulty, limited testing in Japan, U.S., could worsen outbreak

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-04/south-korea-tests-hundreds-of-thousands-to-fight-virus-outbreak 

CORONAVIRUS

By learning from a MERS outbreak in 2015, South Korea was prepared and acted swiftly to ramp up testing when the new coronavirus appeared there. Meanwhile, the U.S., plagued by delay and dysfunction, wasted its advantage.

by Stephen Engelberg, Lisa Song and Lydia DePillis

March 15, 11:10 a.m. EDT 

 https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-korea-scaled-coronavirus-testing-while-the-us-fell-dangerously-behind 

March 19, 20209:26 AM ET

PHILIP EWING

FRANCO ORDOÑEZ

TwitterInstagram 

 https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/817971577/trump-governors-to-discuss-coronavirus-strategy-as-fema-takes-bigger-role 

• Italian authorities announce 427 new deaths, pushing the total to 3,405 and exceeding mainland China’s 3,242
• In Madrid, death rate is described by health authorities as ‘one case every 16 minutes’

Stuart Lau

Published: 12:08am, 20 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3076015/coronavirus-grim-toll-italy-number-deaths-near-chinas-total 

  Mar 16, 2020 09:15 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Han Wei 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-16/reporters-notebook-what-two-months-of-reporting-has-taught-caixin-about-the-coronavirus-101529285.html 

• Chinese President Xi Jinping, who gave army medical teams the heaviest responsibilities, says virus is now ‘basically curbed’ thanks to their efforts
• PLA’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences personnel have decades of experience including tackling Sars, Ebola, and the earthquake that shattered Sichuan in 2008

Minnie Chan

Published: 6:00am, 17 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3075396/how-chinas-military-took-frontline-role-coronavirus-crisis 

 Economy / China Economy

• Combined data for January and February showed that industrial production, retail sales and asset investment all declined far more than analysts expected
• Lockdowns to control the coronavirus proved to be a constraint to economic growth, but with China now in recovery, data suggests what rest of the world could expect

Finbarr Bermingham and Orange Wang

Published: 10:00am, 16 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3075314/coronavirus-caused-dramatic-collapse-chinas-economy-warning 

 Mar 16, 2020 08:58 PMBUSINESS & TECH

By Shen Xinyue and Isabelle Li 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-16/restaurants-in-china-are-reopening-but-finding-it-hard-to-recover-business-101529295.html 

 https://www.roche.com/research_and_development/what_we_are_working_on/infectious_diseases/coronavirus.htm 

 The Fatal Impact of Coronavirus Lockdown 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-15/gallery-the-fatal-impact-of-coronavirus-lockdown-101528806.html 

Andy Kiersz Mar 12, 2020, 5:18 PM

 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-rate-south-korea-compared-to-flu-2020-3 

 Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents 

 https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/pdf 

• The first victim of the coronavirus? Leadership

POLITICO

Published: 12:49pm, 16 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3075336/incompetence-pandemic 

 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Matthew Karnitschnig on 

politico.com

on March 16, 2020. 

The first victim of the coronavirus? Leadership.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/coronavirus-pandemic-leadership-131540 

• Emails reveal that Washington state health officials ignored an earlier plan by a senior epidemiologist to name locations
• Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore have been credited with slowing the outbreak by disclosing details about the movements of infected patients

John Power

Published: 8:00pm, 23 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3076477/coronavirus-us-officials-overruled-expert-advice 

142Published: Feb. 27, 2020 at 3:26 p.m. ETBy 

 Mar 06, 2020 06:39 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-06/coronavirus-live-updates-thursday-china-reports-20-imported-cases-california-declares-emergency-101524340.html 

  Home / China / Info & tips

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-03-05 20:37  

 http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/05/WS5e60f294a31012821727caf7.html 

• Nation’s leading geneticist Jin Li calls on the world to ‘take strong actions on public health, using experiences learned from China and Singapore’
• Chilling forecast based on simple linear model, though research has yet to be peer-reviewed

Stephen Chen in Beijing

Published: 6:11pm, 7 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074080/coronavirus-global-infections-could-increase-tenfold-every-19 

 Coronavirus 

SCMP

LAST UPDATED: MAR 7, 9 

Source: China's NHC, state media, other authorities

 https://multimedia.scmp.com/widgets/china/wuhanvirus/ 

By Jeremy Page, Wenxin Fan and Natasha KhanMarch 6, 2020 10:36 am ET 

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early-coronavirus-missteps-11583508932?mod=searchresults&page=6&pos=8 

 Mar 16, 2020 01:14 PM

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-16/coronavirus-live-updates-monday-fed-cuts-rate-to-near-zero-deaths-outside-china-hit-more-than-3200-101529015.html 

  China CDC Weekly  > 2020, 2(4): 61-62

 http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/a3907201-f64f-4154-a19e-4253b453d10c 

• A top American health official and US President Donald Trump urged the country’s millennials to heed social distancing guidelines
• Data from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention showed that a fifth of 705 people aged 20-44 were hospitalised, with 2-4 per cent requiring intensive care

Bhavan Jaipragas

Published: 6:01am, 19 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3075864/younger-adults-less-immune-covid-19-health-risks-thought-us 

 Mar 20, 2020 05:00 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-20/coronavirus-live-updates-thursday-china-reports-zero-domestically-produced-infections-trump-invokes-emergency-measures-to-ramp-up-mask-production-101530921.html 

Containing a pandemic means keeping visitors out of the I.C.U. My patients will suffer in solitary confinement.

By Daniela J. Lamas

Dr. Lamas is critical care doctor.

• March 24, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/opinion/coronavirus-hospital-visits.html 

Updated March 11, 2020

This page will be updated regularly at noon Mondays through Fridays. Data close out at 4 p.m. the day before reporting.

CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other locations internationally, including the United States.

number of people tested in US on 3/10/2020  for coronavirus =  8

 INFECTIOUS DISEASES  CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)PRINT 

By Team Verywell  Fact checked by James Lacy Updated on March 12, 2020 

 https://www.verywellhealth.com/coronavirus-covid-19-timeline-4798671 

Fri March 13, 2020 9:01 AM|Business Wire|About: QGEN

• First syndromic testing solution to get U.S. agency’s development support in novel coronavirus response
• QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Panel test kit will rapidly differentiate novel coronavirus from 21 other pathogens implicated in respiratory syndromes
• Further expanding QIAGEN’s global mobilization to scale up testing supplies for the COVID-19 response

HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA)

 https://seekingalpha.com/pr/17808834-qiagen-gains-barda-funding-for-approval-process-of-qiastat-dx-test-kit-for-sars-covminus-2  

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/QGEN 

• First commercial test for SARS-CoV-2 will enable expedited coronavirus testing to meet urgent medical needs
• Testing on widely available, high-volume cobas 6800/8800 will significantly increase available testing capacity
• Roche expedites test development to support urgent need for patient testing during pandemic outbreak to avoid a further spread of the virus at an early stage of infection

Basel, 13 March 2020 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY)

 https://www.roche.com/media/releases/med-cor-2020-03-13.htm

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RHHBY

Fri March 13, 2020 10:09 PM|PR Newswire|About: TMO

WALTHAM, Mass., March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO)

 https://seekingalpha.com/pr/17809324-fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-to-thermo-fisher-scientific-for-diagnostic-test-used 

 https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/clinical/clinical-genomics/pathogen-detection-solutions/coronavirus-2019-ncov/genetic-analysis/taqpath-rt-pcr-covid-19-kit.html   

- Broad network of labs will use automated cobas SARS-CoV-2 Test to process high volume of patient samples sent from across US

- First available commercial test kit for novel coronavirus will enable labs to expand and expedite testing to meet urgent medical needs

 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/roche-begins-shipments-of-first-400-000-covid-19-tests-to-laboratories-across-us-to-begin-patient-testing-under-fda-emergency-use-authorization-301025096.html 

 https://diagnostics.roche.com/global/en/products/params/cobas-sars-cov-2-test.html 

 Economy / China Economy

• Some multinationals are increasingly fleeing China, having seen the coronavirus outbreak as validation of exit strategies made during the US trade war
• While some bemoan the lack of alternatives, others will stay for the domestic market as the supply chain debate rages on

Finbarr Bermingham

Published: 12:00pm, 5 Mar, 2020

Opinion

Minxin Pei

• The party’s initial mishandling of the outbreak has eroded support among China’s urban middle class
• The brief but intense eruption of public criticism is a taste of how such missteps can threaten the social contract on which the party’s legitimacy is built

Minxin Pei

Published: 12:30am, 6 Mar, 2020

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3065132/how-chinas-coronavirus-crisis-exposes-achilles-heel-communist-party 

• Top US diplomat ignores pleas from Beijing and world health officials over the use of names for the Covid-19 disease that incite racial discrimination
• New nomenclature comes with President Donald Trump’s administration under fire over its response to community transmission of the virus in the US

Bhavan Jaipragas

Published: 4:58am, 7 Mar, 2020

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3074050/coronavirus-us-secretary-state-mike-pompeos-wuhan-virus 

 Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 

ShareNews 10/03/2020 

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/addressing-potential-impact-novel-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-medicines-supply-eu 

 Prognosis

Scientists say future pandemics are inevitable as cities and villages encroach on wild habitats

By Robert Langreth

February 3, 2020, 3:38 PM EST Updated on February 3, 2020, 4:09 PM EST\

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-03/where-did-coronavirus-come-from-why-bats-may-be-to-blame 

• Health
• Local News
• Puget Sound
• Science
• Special Reports

March 6, 2020 at 7:19 am Updated March 12, 2020 at 4:12 pm 

 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/facts-about-novel-coronavirus-and-how-to-prevent-covid-19/ 

  Hong Kong / Health & Environment

• Hospital Authority releases its findings after observing the first group of discharged coronavirus patients
• Some patients might have a drop of about 20 to 30 per cent in lung function, says medical director of Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital

Elizabeth Cheung

Published: 12:04am, 13 Mar, 2020

Fri March 13, 2020 9:41 AM|PR Newswire|About: JNJPR Newswire

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

 https://seekingalpha.com/pr/17808870-johnson-johnson-announces-collaboration-beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-to-accelerate 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/JNJ

C&EN has made this story and all of its coverage of the coronavirus epidemic freely available during the outbreak to keep the public informed. To support our journalism, become a member of ACS or sign up for C&EN's weekly newsletter.

 https://cen.acs.org/sections/coronavirus/biological-chemistry/infectious-disease/coronavirus-drug-repurposing.html  

• Following in the footsteps of South Korea, ‘drive-through’ coronavirus diagnostic testing will be rolled out across the US in the coming days
• President Donald Trump has told Americans who have been panic-buying supplies at grocery stores to ‘relax’ and ‘take it easy’

Bhavan Jaipragas

Published: 7:12am, 16 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3075307/coronavirus-us-infections-likely-surge-mobile 

 Mar 16, 2020 04:17 AMWORLD

By Zeng Jia, Ma Danmeng, Zhang Qi and Denise Jia 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-16/in-depth-how-the-us-missed-its-window-for-taming-the-covid-19-virus-101528836.html 

 Mar 18, 2020 01:56 PMBUSINESS & TECH

By Shin Watanabe 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-18/china-says-japan-developed-drug-avigan-works-against-coronavirus-101530182.html 

 https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/03/19/flu-drug-avigan-covid19-coronavirus.aspx 

 HEALTH

By SHARON BEGLEY @sxbegle

MARCH 3, 2020

Senior Writer, Science and Discovery

Sharon covers science and discovery.

sharon.begley@statnews.com @sxbegle 

 Mar 07, 2020 03:15 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Ma Danmeng, Di Ning and Sun Huixia 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-07/in-depth-how-shanghai-handled-the-coronavirus-better-than-most-of-china-101525054.html 

Bloomberg 

By Cristin FlanaganMarch 5, 2020, 9:19 AM EST 

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-05/gilead-analyst-sees-only-50-chance-that-coronavirus-drug-works 

 https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/GILD:US 

 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/symptoms-causes/syc-20479963 

141Published: March 8, 2020 at 10:45 a.m. ETBy 

 GILD

+5.37% 

GSK

-0.49% 

INO

+43.77% 

JNJ

+0.01% 

MRNA

+5.71% 

REGN

+1.28% 

SNY

-3.00% 

TAK

+0.78% 

VIR

+4.38% 

 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases/#case-dayly-outchina 

 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#news 

 CBS NEWS March 8, 2020, 11:47 AM

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-scott-gottlieb-on-face-the-nation-march-8-2020/ 

 HEALTHCORONAVIRUS

BY SY MUKHERJEE

March 10, 2020 4:34 PM EST

 6,249 views|Mar 10, 2020,01:19pm EST

James BermanContributorInvestingI look for value wherever I can find it, both in stocks and in life. 

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesberman/2020/03/10/buy-gileadbut-not-because-of-remdesivir/#330f870e20d5 

By Suryatapa BhattacharyaUpdated March 13, 2020 7:52 am ET 

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/experimental-drug-helps-some-americans-ride-out-coronavirus-nih-doctor-says-11584094955 

 OPINION

A DOCTOR IN WESTERN EUROPE
ON 3/11/20 AT 2:29 PM EDT 

 https://www.newsweek.com/young-unafraid-coronavirus-pandemic-good-you-now-stop-killing-people-opinion-1491797?fbclid=IwAR0PC4PSWvKP8c7dz0jmvGrKjadfNfn5d8n9wabRFMRti2WV6GJbFGyq0OM 

 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04252664?term=Remdesivir&draw=2&rank=2 

 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04257656 

 Mar 04, 2020 06:24 AMBUSINESS & TECH

 (Bloomberg) — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Apple Inc.’s most important manufacturing partner, said it expects its Chinese plants to begin operating normally by the end of March after resolving severe labor shortages brought on by the coronavirus outbreak. 

• Factory activity in China – the top producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients – hit all-time low in February after measures to halt outbreak
• US and Europe monitoring short-term delay to supplies, with antibiotics, diabetes medications, HIV drugs and ibuprofen among those heavily reliant on China

Simone McCarthy

Published: 3:46pm, 4 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3064989/coronavirus-could-cause-global-medicine-shortages-chinas-factory 

• A 36-year-old man has died in Wuhan from respiratory failure days after being discharged from hospital
• Latest data from the mainland shows most new infections continue to occur at epidemic’s epicentre

Gigi Choy and Teddy Ng

Published: 9:23am, 5 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3065091/coronavirus-recovered-patient-dies-china-reports-139-new-cases 

 Economy / China Economy

• Any hope that the US-China phase one trade deal would salvage the superpower relationship have been scotched by the coronavirus
• Epidemic set to hit US economy and has led to rising discord among Washington figures, some of whom call for decoupling between the world’s two largest economies

Cissy Zhou

Published: 6:00am, 4 Mar, 2020

 Mar 03, 2020 08:53 PMOPINION

By Harold James
 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-03/opinion-a-pandemic-of-deglobalization-101523519.html 

 Mar 05, 2020 08:08 PMOPINION

By Edward Tse 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-05/opinion-make-careful-supply-chain-decisions-for-the-future-not-the-past-101524487.html 

• Use of ‘temperature guns’ is increasingly common as authorities and companies screen people entering buildings
• Questions remain over transmission by people who have not shown symptoms

Gigi Choy

Published: 7:45am, 4 Mar, 2020

06:26 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Cui Xiankang and Denise Jia 0-03-04/covid-19-virus-found-in-two-more-recovered-patients-in-tianjin-101523652.html 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-04/covid-19-virus-found-in-two-more-recovered-patients-in-tianjin-101523652.html 

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25720466 

 Mar 04, 2020 08:28 PMBUSINESS & TECH

By Yuan Ruiyang and Isabelle Li 

 Mar 04, 2020 09:52 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-04/coronavirus-live-updates-wednesday-new-china-cases-keep-falling-who-says-virus-spreads-less-efficiently-than-flu-101523878.html 

The Trump Administration’s Many Vacancies Could Complicate its Coronavirus Response

 BY VERA BERGENGRUEN AND BRIAN BENNETT

UPDATED: FEBRUARY 27, 2020 8:59 PM EST | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 27, 2020 5:05 PM EST

Joseph Zeballos-Roig Feb. 27, 2020, 10:45 AM 

 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-defends-cuts-cdc-budget-federal-government-hire-doctors-coronavirus-2020-2-1028946602

 https://www.ghsindex.org/ 

 GLOBAL MONITORING OF DISEASE OUTBREAK PREPAREDNESS Preventing the Next Pandemic A Shared Framework 

 © 2018 Harvard Global Health Ins6tute 42 Church Street Cambridge, MA 02138 This work is the product of faculty and staff from the Harvard Global Health Ins6tute with major contribu6ons from Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Suggested cita,on Harvard Global Health Ins6tute. 2018. Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preven7ng the Next Pandemic. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 

 https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/files/hghi/files/global_monitoring_report.pdf 

1. Calvin J Gordon1, 
2. Egor P Tchesnokov1, 
3. Joy Y. Feng2, 
4. Danielle P Porter3 and 
5. Matthias Gotte4*

+Author Affiliations

• Received February 14, 2020.
• Accepted February 24, 2020.
• Published under license by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. 

Researchers have demonstrated how the drug known as remdesivir works, presenting the viral RNA polymerase of coronaviruses as a target for these conditions.

 25 FEBRUARY 2020 NEWS

 https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/who-gilead-remdesivir-coronavirus/ 

Ned Pagliarulo@NedPagliarulo 

 https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/coronavirus-remdesivir-gilead-antiviral-drug-covid-19/573261/ 

 Sponsor:

Capital Medical University

Collaborator:

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Bin Cao, China-Japan Friendship Hospital

 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04252664?intr=GS-5734&draw=2&rank=5 

By Tina Hesman Saey, Aimee Cunningham and Erin Garcia de Jesus

FEBRUARY 28, 2020 AT 1:25 PM

UPDATED FEBRUARY 28, 2020 AT 8:45 PM

• Zhejiang province, which is China’s key export and manufacturing base, declared a Grade I emergency on January 23, a day before the epicentre of Hubei
• According to the Zhejiang Health Commission, there have been no new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the province for nine days

Karen Yeung

Published: 5:45pm, 2 Mar, 20

 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3064625/coronavirus-first-chinese-province-declare-top-level 

• Number of new infections in mainland China falls to lowest level since it locked down cities at centre of epidemic in January
• EU raises risk level to ‘moderate to high’ as death toll in Europe from Covid-19 reaches 38

Teddy Ng, Gigi Choy, Simone McCarthy and Jevans Nyabiage

Published: 11:25pm, 2 Mar, 2020

 Mar 02, 2020 08:45 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-03-02/coronavirus-monday-updates-fear-grows-in-europe-as-new-cases-keep-falling-in-china-101522753.html 

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-03-02 06:30 

 http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/02/WS5e5c376aa31012821727b644.html 

As new cases appear on the West Coast, some — including the president — are comparing it to the seasonal flu. Here’s a close look at the differences.

By Denise Grady Feb. 29, 2020

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/health/coronavirus-flu.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_200302&campaign_id=2&instance_id=16390&segment_id=21779&user_id=84cb7b8c76cc94fe5963a793a541483c&regi_id=577141640302 

• BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology has not been licensed by Gilead to make its experimental drug known as remdesivir

Bloomberg

Published: 7:01pm, 2 Mar, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3064647/chinese-biotech-firm-censured-false-claim-gileads-virus-drug 

Feb. 4, 2020

The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Alert to warn investors about investment frauds involving claims that a company’s products or services will be used to help stop the coronavirus outbreak.

 https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/ia_coronavirus 

Bloomberg NewsBloombergMarch 1, 2020 

 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-biotech-censured-false-claim-040207427.html 

1. COVID-19
2. CHINESE BIOTECH COMPANY CENSURED FOR CLAIMING IT COULD MAKE EXPERIMENTAL CORONAVIRUS DRUG 

BY BLOOMBERG

MARCH 2, 2020 1:47 AM EST

 https://time.com/5793357/china-company-censured-coronavirus/ 

 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191 

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Summary

the news coming from China since January 11, 2020 was never positive even if the actual reported statistical data was suspect.

everyone, including everyone in China, has a right to be angry about COVID-19.

too much single source product manufacturing located in China.

politicos are now creating “Anti-Endorsements” lists that identify successful USA citizens.

. 

EDITORIAL

List of authors.

• Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., 
• H. Clifford Lane, M.D., 
• and Robert R. Redfield, M.D.

 February 28, 2020
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2002387 

 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/treatment/whatyoushould.htm 

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Published:January 30, 2020 

 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext 

By Christina Maxouris and Dakin Andone, CNN

Updated 4:12 PM ET, Sat February 29, 2020

 Washington State Is Investigating Potential Outbreak at Facility

2/29/2020, 4:39:25 PM 

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-29/washington-state-is-investigating-potential-outbreak-at-facility?srnd=premium 

COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Last updated: March 01, 2020, 01:32 GMT

 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ 

 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report – 31 

 https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200220-sitrep-31-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=dfd11d24_2  

Filed Under: COVID-19Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News  | Feb 25, 2020 

 http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/02/cdc-warns-us-covid-19-spread-labs-frustrated-over-lack-tests 

Giuseppe Ippolito: «The administration of the test to patients who do not show symptoms does not comply with European guidelines»

 You made a new miracle with the two Chinese patients. Are the medications you used the weapon to fight the virus?
« We used two drugs: lopinavir / ritonavir, an antiviral commonly used for HIV infection and which also shows antiviral activity on coronaviruses; and remdesivir, an antiviral already used for Ebola, potentially active against new coronavirus infection. Our patients have recovered from pneumonia and have become negative compared to the virus, but more in-depth studies will be needed to verify whether this therapeutic approach can be extended ".  

https://www.gilead.com/science-and-medicine/pipeline 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GILD 

KALETRA is a prescription medicine that is used with other antiretroviral medicines to treat human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in adults and children 14 days of age and older. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). It is not known if KALETRA is safe and effective in children under 14 days old.

https://www.kaletra.com/?cid=ppc_ppd_kaletra_ggl_br_0140 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ABBV  

 https://www.abbvie.com/our-science/products.html 

 Summary

the news coming from China since January 11, 2020 was never positive even if the actual reported statistical data was suspect.

everyone, including everyone in China, has a right to be angry about COVID-19.

too much single source product manufacturing located in China.

politicos are now creating “Anti-Endorsements” lists that identify successful USA citizens.

 Feb. 29, 2020 12:46 PM ET|About: AbbVie Inc. 

 danwatson888's Blog

long only, Deep Value, dividend growth investing, healthcare

(ABBV), GILD

GILD
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
, JNJ, MRNA, REGN, VIR, WXXWY 

 https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19 

• Total cases in South Korea reach 3,526, but estimates of 4,200 infections among Shincheonji church members alone
• Cases rise in Hubei epicentre, but 3 new infections in the rest of mainland China is the lowest figure since lockdowns began on January 23

Teddy Ng and Amanda Lee in Beijing

Published: 9:55am, 1 Mar, 2020

Hubei’s new Communist Party chief Ying Yong told a local virus response meeting he chaired on Saturday that the outbreak was still at a “critical” stage in the province, despite some progress in containing the epidemic.

He said the government needed to improve efforts to prevent new infections in prisons and pensioners’ homes, where there have been outbreaks in recent days.

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3053048/coronavirus-south-korea-expects-surge-shincheonji-church 

 Feb 25, 2020 08:50 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Huang Shulun and Dave Yin 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-25/guangzhou-family-cluster-appears-to-experience-extra-long-covid-19-incubation-101520343.html 

Here’s why communicating public health risk during an epidemic is so challenging

• By Amitha Kalaichandran on February 26, 2020

" Coronavirus is a moving target, as most epidemics are."

GLOBAL HEALTH

Rapidly rising caseloads alarm researchers, who fear the virus may make its way across the globe. But scientists cannot yet predict how many deaths may result.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/health/coronavirus-pandemic-china.html 

 Opinion

It’s now clear that the coronavirus epidemic was never going to be contained. What’s next?

By Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker

Mr. Osterholm is an infectious disease expert. Mark Olshaker is a writer and documentary filmmaker.

• Feb. 24, 2020

阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic.html 

By Cao Zinan and Li Danqing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-03-01 06:30 

 http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/01/WS5e5ae5e8a31012821727b4c1.html 

 Hong Kong / Health & Environment

• University of Hong Kong’s medical faculty dean Gabriel Leung says only reason WHO has not used word is ‘public fear’
• First wave of outbreak outside China could just be starting, says Leung

Tony Cheung

Published: 12:47pm, 1 Mar, 2020

FEB. 28, 2020, AT 10:13 AM

By Maggie Koerth

Filed under Coronavirus

 https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/quarantines-wont-save-us-from-coronavirus/ 

 POLITICSMARCH 1, 2020 / 10:00 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/coronavirus-spurs-u-s-to-screen-travelers-ramp-up-mask-production-after-first-death-idUSKBN20O1WF 

• The system allows Beijing to mobilise vast resources and take steps that would be unthinkable in the West
• But critics say the top-down system encourages cover-ups and repeated missteps in the face of a crisis

Jun Mai

Published: 7:30am, 28 Feb, 2020

 Feb 27, 2020 08:56 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-27/coronavirus-thursday-update-new-international-infections-surpass-china-infections-101521174.html 

Marc Lipsitch, DPhil
Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

(tl;dr) No.

 By Spencer Jakab, 

• BIOGRAPHY
• @SPENCERJAKAB
• SPENCER.JAKAB@WSJ.COM

Stephen Wilmot and Justin LahartFeb. 25, 2020 7:00 am ET 

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-coronavirus-scare-this-time-is-different-11582632012?mod=article_inline 

 Feb 28, 2020 06:25 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Gao Yu, Peng Yanfeng, Yang Rui, Feng Yuding, Ma Danmeng, Flynn Murphy, Han Wei and Timmy Shen 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-28/in-depth-how-early-signs-of-a-sars-like-virus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-101521745.html 

Published: Feb 25, 2020 9:09 a.m. ET

By

COLUMNIST 

• The three Asian countries contribute around 24 per cent of the entire world economy, but have been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak
• China was attempting to boost trade and investment with Japan and South Korea to offset risks of decoupling from the United States

Orange Wang

Published: 9:15pm, 27 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3052646/coronavirus-china-japan-south-korea-supply-chains-under 

 Feb 29, 2020 04:25 PMOPINION

By Wang Shuo 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-29/opinion-five-lessons-for-other-nations-from-chinas-fight-against-covid-19-101522191.html 

PUBLISHED 27 FEBRUARY, 2020
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KALIZ LEE

By Simone McCarthy, Linda Lew, William Zheng, Echo Xie and Phoebe Zhang

 https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3052721/wuhan-killer/index.html?src=pm 

By CHEN WEIHUA in Brussels | China Daily | Updated: 2020-02-29 03:44 

 http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/29/WS5e596da8a31012821727b304.html 

By Zhong Nan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-27 17:37

 http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/27/WS5e578ddfa31012821727ad99.html 

• Vietnam became the destination of choice for firms looking to avoid trade war tariffs, but the coronavirus has left many cut off from their suppliers
• The Southeast Asian nation is more exposed to China’s supply chain than any other country in region, research shows, with companies across the board set to take a hit

Finbarr Bermingham

Published: 1:02pm, 28 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3052823/coronavirus-vietnam-lured-factories-during-trade-war-now 

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-28 13:09 

 http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/28/WS5e58a073a31012821727b129.html 

• Charles Calisher
• Dennis Carroll
• Rita Colwell
• Ronald B Corley
• Peter Daszak
• Christian Drosten
• et al.
• Show all authors

Published:February 19, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30418-9 

 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30418-9/fulltext 

 February 25, 2020 09:11 AM EST Jason Mast R&DCoronavirus

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Study enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in Nebraska.

 https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-remdesivir-treat-covid-19-begins 

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 26-02-2020 

 https://www.thepharmaletter.com/article/nih-starts-testing-gilead-s-remdesivir-as-treatment-for-covid-19 

The drug maker said that in March it would begin two more clinical trials of remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug, in more nations outside China.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/health/coronavirus-gilead-drug-trials.html 

 https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19 

Posted onFebruary 23, 2020AuthorIan M Mackay, PhD (EIC)107 Comments

by Jody Lanard and Peter M. Sandman

 https://virologydownunder.com/past-time-to-tell-the-public-it-will-probably-go-pandemic-and-we-should-all-prepare-now/ 

 China / Society

• Some people are struggling to get back to their workplaces while those who can face quarantine and financial uncertainties
• Businesses are also feeling the squeeze as they try to absorb the cost of extra protective equipment and measures.

Guo Rui

Published: 8:00am, 26 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3052329/big-unknowns-millions-they-return-work-chinas-economic 

 Feb 26, 2020 06:47 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Li Liuqian, Huang Shulun and Han Wei 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-26/14-of-recovered-covid-19-patients-in-guangdong-tested-positive-again-101520415.html 

• Research by team from Nankai University shows new virus has mutated gene similar to those found in HIV and Ebola
• Finding may help scientists understand how the infection spreads and where it came from

Stephen Chen in Beijing

Published: 12:30am, 27 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3052495/coronavirus-far-more-likely-sars-bond-human-cells-scientists-say 

Wed February 26, 2020 7:00 AM|GlobeNewswire|About: TNXP

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (TNXP) 

 https://www.tonixpharma.com/ 

 https://www.tonixpharma.com/pipeline/overview 

 https://southernresearch.org/ 

FEBRUARY 26, 2020 | BY JERRY UNDERWOOD | DRUG DEVELOPME 

 https://southernresearch.org/news/southern-research-tonix-team-to-develop-potential-vaccine-against-new-coronavirus/ 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/TNXP 

 Feb 26, 2020 10:24 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-26/coronavirus-wednesday-update-switzerland-austria-brazil-sound-alarm-on-first-cases-101520678.html 

 http://www.china.org.cn/china/2020-02/26/content_75745874.htm 

Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-25 19:05:41|Editor: huaxia 

 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/25/c_138817801.htm 

Wed February 26, 2020 5:00 PM|Business Wire|About: GILD

-- U.S. FDA Grants Investigational New Drug Authorization to Study Remdesivir for the Treatment of COVID-19 --

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GILD 

 Feb 27, 2020 06:30 AMBUSINESS & TECH

By Yu Dawei and Denise Jia 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-27/china-grants-three-patents-to-gileads-remdesivir-as-hopes-rise-for-effective-treatment-101521002.html 

 https://seekingalpha.com/pr/17792325-gilead-sciences-initiates-two-phase-3-studies-of-investigational-antiviral-remdesivir-for 

 https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19 

Tue February 25, 2020 8:30 AM|GlobeNewswire|About: VIR, WXXWY

SAN FRANCISCO and SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vir Biotechnology (VIR), Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR) and WuXi Biologics (WXXWY) (stock code: 2269.HK)

 https://www.vir.bio/ 

 https://www.wuxibiologics.com/ 

 https://www.vir.bio/pipeline/#focus 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/WXXWY 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/VIR 

WuXi Biologics and Vir Biotechnology Announce Collaboration for Global Development of Antibodies to Treat COVID-19

2020/02/25

SAN FRANCISCO and SHANGHAI, February 25, 2020 – WuXi Biologics (“WuXi Bio”) (2269.HK)

 https://www.wuxibiologics.com/wuxi-biologics-vir-biotechnology-announce-collaboration-global-development-antibodies-treat-covid-19/ 

Despite China's best efforts the coronavirus outbreak has spread rapidly around the world. Many cities in Hubei province remain in lockdown and an increasing number of international flights to China have been suspended.

BY SCMP GRAPHICS UPDATED FEBRUARY 18, 2020

 https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3047038/wuhan-virus/index.html?src=article-launcher 

 Article Navigation >  China CDC Weekly  > 2020, 2(8): 113-122

• The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemiology Team

 http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51 

By AYA BATRAWYan hour ago
 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A staggering 50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus this month, a lawmaker was quoted as saying on Monday, even as the Health Ministry insisted only 12 deaths have been recorded to date in the country. 

 The lawmaker said the 50 deaths date as far back as Feb. 13. Iran first officially reported cases of the virus and its first deaths in Qom on Feb. 19. 

 Feb 24, 2020 08:22 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-24/coronavirus-monday-update-china-logs-150-new-deaths-south-korea-italy-case-counts-spiral-101519489.html 

 http://china.caixin.com/2020-02-24/101519629.html 

• Iran’s health minister says the infections are believed to be linked to a merchant who bypassed travel restrictions by making indirect flights to China
• Qom, south of the capital Tehran, has been identified as the centre of contagion, but authorities have warned it is possible the virus is present in all cities

John Power

Published: 8:17pm, 24 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3052143/coronavirus-how-irans-death-toll-came-be-highest-behind-only 

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Share on PinterestMultiple companies are working on a vaccine to fight the new coronavirus. Getty Images

• Several groups are working on a vaccine for the new coronavirus, but there’s no guarantee that it will be ready before the end of the current outbreak.
• One group says they may have an experimental vaccine ready for initial testing in just a month.
• But experts caution this expedited timeline doesn’t always allow for careful evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines.

 https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-long-will-it-take-to-develop-vaccine-for-coronavirus 

Richard StainesFebruary 21, 2020

A Chinese research foundation has awarded $2.1m to four teams from Columbia University to identify antiviral drugs that work against the COVID-19 coronavirus – including a project investigating whether compounds based on Gilead’s hepatitis C drug Sovaldi could be used against the outbreak.

The funding was awarded by the Jack Ma Foundation, based in Hangzhou City, in China’s Zhejiang Province.

 https://pharmaphorum.com/news/could-gileads-sovaldi-be-the-answer-to-coronavirus/ 

 SOVALDI is sofosbuvir 

 https://www.sovaldi.com/ 

Early trial results from an unapproved Gilead drug, remdesivir, are expected in the next three weeks.

Results are also expected from a trial combining AbbVie’s HIV drugs lopinavir and ritonavir.

 KALETRA® (lopinavir/ritonavir) 

 https://www.kaletra.com/ 

By Chris Lau, InvestorPlace Contributor Feb 6, 2020, 10:50 am EST 

 https://investorplace.com/2020/02/7-biotech-stocks-to-buy-that-could-beat-thee companies may save the day-coronavirus/ 

 February 25, 2020 09:11 AM EST Jason Mast R&DCoronavirus

 https://endpts.com/first-us-covid-19-trials-set-to-get-underway-in-nebraska-and-washington-backed-by-nih/ 

Special

February 14, 2020, by Michael Every et al.

 https://economics.rabobank.com/publications/2020/february/coronavirus-outbreak-of-uncertainty/ 

NIAID Now | February 19, 2020

 https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/atomic-structure-novel-coronavirus-protein 

CDC is closely monitoring the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Learn More

  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 

 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html 

Mon February 24, 2020 6:04 PM|Business Wire|About: AZN, MRK, MRNA

mRNA-1273 delivered from Company’s cGMP facility in 42 days from sequence selection

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moderna, Inc. (MRNA)

NIAID Now | February 19, 2020

 https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/atomic-structure-novel-coronavirus-protein 

August 19, 2019 at 4:01 PM EDTPDF Version

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2019-- Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA)

 https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-receives-fda-fast-track-designation-zika-vaccine-mrna 

 https://www.modernatx.com/ 

 https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-ships-mrna-vaccine-against-novel-coronavirus-mrna-1273 

 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200224005955/en/ 

 https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MRNA 

Feb. 26, 2020 9:13 AM ET | About: Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) 

 https://seekingalpha.com/article/4327317-moderna-inc-2019-q4-results-earnings-call-presentation 

Gilead Sciences' antiviral remdesivir may be effective against the coronavirus, the World Health Organization says.TONY OWUSUUPDATED:FEB 24, 2020 10:05 AM ESTORIGINAL:FEB 24, 2020 

 https://www.thestreet.com/investing/gilead-remdesivir-coronavirus 

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-24/gilead-surges-after-who-comments-on-coronavirus-drug-testing?utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business 

Feb. 24, 2020 9:57 AM ET|About: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)|By: Liz Kiesche, SA News Editor  

 https://seekingalpha.com/news/3544811-gilead-gains-4_8-who-sees-potential-in-antiviral-drug 

 https://www.gilead.com/science-and-medicine/pipeline 

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business

Updated 6:04 AM ET, Tue February 25, 2020 

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/24/investing/gilead-sciences-coronavirus-who-remdesivir/index.html 

 February 25, 2020 09:11 AM EST Jason Mast R&DCoronavirus

 https://endpts.com/first-us-covid-19-trials-set-to-get-underway-in-nebraska-and-washington-backed-by-nih/ 

 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04280705?cond=covid-19&cntry=US&draw=2&rank=1 

 Feb 21, 2020 06:29 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

Thursday, Feb. 20 11:45 p.m.

Recent research again linked an endangered mammal, the pangolin, to the novel coronavirus that has sickened more than 75,000 people worldwide, as scientists strive to determine the intermediate host of the deadly virus.

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-21/coronavirus-thursday-update-japan-reports-two-deaths-among-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-passengers-101517958.html 

 http://www.caixin.com/2020-02-20/101518165.html 

By SHANNON PALUS FEB 19, 2020 4:52 PM 

 https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/coronavirus-origin-pangolins-trafficking-endangered.html 

• Chinese respiratory expert warns numbers could rise again as tests show people who have recovered may still be infectious
• Globally there have been 75,773 confirmed cases and 2,129 deaths

Robert Delaney

Published: 7:21am, 21 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3051688/coronavirus-115-new-deaths-confirmed-hubei-officials-report-411 

By Wang Keju | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-20 11:47 

 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/20/WS5e4e0160a310128217278fb1.html 

• A month has passed since China locked down millions of people in Wuhan and other cities in Hubei at the heart of the epidemic
• In the first part of a series, the Post looks at how the race to find a vaccine may be different than for other coronaviruses

Josephine Ma and Simone McCarthy

Published: 6:15am, 22 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3051853/there-was-no-vaccine-sars-or-mers-will-there-be-one-new 

 Feb 22, 2020 10:06 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-22/coronavirus-saturday-update-first-european-dies-in-italy-chinas-official-case-count-reaches-76392-101519032.html 

• Antiviral remdesivir is being trialled as a treatment for the novel coronavirus in 10 hospitals in Wuhan
• Researchers have recruited more than 230 patients for the trials so far, short of the 760 targeted

Coco Feng in Beijing

Published: 7:30pm, 21 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/tech/science-research/article/3051820/chinese-trials-gileads-antiviral-drug-treat-coronavirus-still 

 Clinical trials of an experimental antiviral drug said to “

show promise

” in treating the 

deadly coronavirus

are still far from fulfilling patient recruitment targets more than two weeks in, raising questions about whether they can be completed within previously projected timelines. 

• Preliminary results from two clinical trials testing potential treatments for the COVID-19 coronavirus are expected in three weeks, WHO says.
• One trial combines HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir, while the other is testing U.S.-based biotech Gilead Sciences’ antiviral Remdesivir.

 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/early-trial-results-for-potential-coronavirus-treatments-expected-in-three-weeks-who-says.html 

 https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=GILD 

Feb. 20, 2020 10:20 AM ET

The political and socio-economic environment in America, is both depressing and disconcerting.

The hostility increases towards everyone connected with the biotech/drug industry during this highly politically charged season.

Politicos still see little to no value in biotech companies and continue to vilify them.

There continues to be much encouraging news and positive clinical tests in the biotech world, including on the coronavirus situation, for the first 2 months of 2020.

 https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5205071-danwatson888/5411014-biotecheart-see-light 

 https://seekingbiotechalpha.com/biotecheart 

www.biotecheart.com

 Biological Sciences

RESEARCH ARTICLE

View ORCID ProfileEmmie de Wit, Friederike Feldmann, Jacqueline Cronin, Robert Jordan, Atsushi Okumura, Tina Thomas, Dana Scott, Tomas Cihlar, and Heinz FeldmannPNAS first published February 13, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922083117

1. Edited by Michael B. A. Oldstone, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, and approved February 7, 2020 (received for review December 16, 2019)

 Remdesivir reduced the severity of disease, virus replication, and damage to the lungs when administered either before or after animals were infected with MERS-CoV. Our data show that remdesivir is a promising antiviral treatment against MERS that could be considered for implementation in clinical trials. It may also have utility for related coronaviruses such as the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV emerging from Wuhan, China. 

by Angus Liu | Feb 12, 2020 10:28am 

 https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma-asia/chinese-firm-copies-gilead-s-remdesivir-most-promising-drug-against-new-coronavirus 

 BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology Co.,Ltd. 

 http://www.bright-gene.com/en/product_category.php 

 https://www.gilead.com/science-and-medicine/pipeline 

 BY Alvin PowellHarvard Staff Writer

DATEFebruary 11, 2020

 In China, the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus reached 42,700 on Feb. 11, according to the World Health Organization. To accommodate the growing number, an exhibition center was turned into a temporary hospital in Wuhan. 

10 February 2020 - Imperial College London‌

 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/news--wuhan-coronavirus/ 

by Kate Wighton, Dr Sabine L. van Elsland11 February 2020

 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/195217/coronavirus-fatality-rate-estimated-imperial-scientists/ 

Steven Sanche, Yen Ting Lin, Chonggang Xu, Ethan Romero-Severson, Nick Hengartner,  View ORCID ProfileRuian Kedoi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.07.20021154 

 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.07.20021154v1 

 Feb 18, 2020 08:10 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Dave Yin and Chen Lixiong 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-18/evidence-mounts-of-japans-mishandling-of-coronavirus-epidemic-101517257.htm 

Tue February 18, 2020 5:42 AM|PR Newswire|About: WXXWY

SHANGHAI, Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics (WXXWY)

 https://seekingalpha.com/pr/17781014-wuxi-biologics-subsidiary-wuxi-vaccines-signed-long-term-vaccine-manufacturing-contract 

 Economy /  China Economy

• Most Chinese companies will resume operations this week, but the coronavirus outbreak is still raging and it’s far from business as usual
• Transport restrictions, supply chain disruptions and new workplace rules to minimise the risk of transmission all cloud the short-term economic outlook

Topic |   Coronavirus outbreak

Karen Yeung andSidney Leng

Published: 6:00am, 13 Feb, 2020

 To work or not to work – that is proving a crucial question for Chinese officials, companies and employees as the world’s second largest economy struggles to balance the risk of the deadly coronavirus with the need to resume business. 

 HEALTH

By SHARON BEGLEY @sxbegle

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

 https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-coronavirus-isnt-contained/ 

National Health Commission of the
People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国国家卫生健康委员会 

Updated: 2020-02-12

|en.nhc.gov.cn

 http://en.nhc.gov.cn/2020-02/12/c_76463.htm 

 China / Society

• Majority of new cases and deaths have been reported from the province at the heart of the outbreak
• China postpones annual parliamentary meeting scheduled for early March

Robert Delaney

Published: 7:02am, 18 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3051063/coronavirus-chinas-hubei-province-records-1807-new-cases-93 

The View by Mark Clifford

• Lessons that should have been learned after the harrowing Sars experience were not: diseases like Covid-19 will happen from time to time in a hyper-connected world, and the trust and transparency that will fortify a society’s response to such a crisis is lacking

Mark Clifford

Published: 3:00am, 19 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3051079/coronavirus-was-no-black-swan-hong-kong-and-china-just-werent-ready 

 Actualité  Société

AFPPublié le 14/02/2020 à 14:33 | AFP 

 https://www.lepoint.fr/societe/nouveau-coronavirus-le-patient-de-bordeaux-a-recu-du-remdesivir-14-02-2020-2362739_23.php 

 Feb 16, 2020 11:16 AM

By Jia Tianqiong, Di Ning, Lu Yutong and Flynn Murphy 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-16/second-batch-of-experimental-gilead-coronavirus-drug-arrives-in-wuhan-101516104.html 

By Liu Kun in Wuhan and Zhao Lei in Beijing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-07 23:21 

 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/07/WS5e3d8068a310128217275e9d.html 

By Wang Xiaoyu  | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-15 17:33 

 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/15/WS5e47bad4a310128217277c96.html 

 three drugs that hold great promise - chloroquine diphosphate, favipiravir and remdesivir - are undergoing human trials in the country. 

 Home / China / The fight against novel coronavirus

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-16 06:30 

 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/16/WS5e2a95d9a310128217273202.html 

• Hubei province’s new Communist Party chief calls for less bureaucracy as number of new infections rises again
• World Health Organisation says it is impossible to predict the future path of the epidemic, which has spread to at least 25 other countries

Cissy Zhou, Gigi Choy and Wendy Wu

Published: 7:27am, 17 Feb, 2020

By Hodan Osman Abdi | cgtn | Updated: 2020-02-17 11:24 

 https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/17/WS5e4a0780a3101282172780e9.html 

11 February 2020 

 Feb 12, 2020 09:21 PMDAILY CHART

By Tang Ziyi, Lin Jinbing, Ye Xueming and Wang Xintong 

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-12/charts-of-the-day-how-deadly-is-new-coronavirus-101514627.html 

Audrey Jiajia Li

• A reluctant hero, the doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus has, in death, become a lightning rod for public unhappiness with the government’s tight control of information

Audrey Jiajia Li

Published: 9:00am, 12 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3049910/coronavirus-crisis-how-death-li-wenliang-doctor-and-ordinary 

 China / Politics

• Public fury is growing, with calls for more freedom of speech, but observers don’t expect any dramatic changes
• Xi Jinping has been mostly absent from view, as heads start to roll in Hubei province

Jun Mai

Published: 6:00pm, 13 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3050331/beijing-battles-crisis-chernobyl-proportions-coronavirus 

Andy Xie

• An all-powerful government means a swift and effective quarantine but the same hierarchical system caused critical delays in containing the coronavirus
• Likewise, the China model, so effective when the economy was nascent, has outlived its usefulness in a country now trying to beat the middle-income trap

Andy Xie

Published: 9:00am, 31 Jan, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3048084/how-coronavirus-crisis-exposing-ills-china-model 

Wed February 12, 2020 8:30 AM|GlobeNewswire|About: VIR 

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The coronavirus which was first reported in Wuhan late last year has quickly spread around the world. The Chinese authorities have locked down many cities in China's Hubei province, and some international flights to China have been suspended.

BY SCMP GRAPHICS UPDATED FEBRUARY 11, 2020

 https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3047038/wuhan-virus/index.html 

 Feb 13, 2020 12:53 PMSOCIETY & CULTURE

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-13/coronavirus-latest-since-feb-1-confirmed-cases-14380-in-china-canada-starts-limited-evacuation-but-no-travel-ban-101510591.html 

 FEBRUARY 13, 2020 / 12:24 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

 (Reuters) - Here are the latest developments around the coronavirus outbreak: 

 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-idUSKBN2070F2?taid=5e45317781f80800015293c5&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter 

Foster City, Calif., January 31, 2020 

 Remdesivir has demonstrated in vitro and in vivo activity in animal models against the viral pathogens MERS and SARS, which are coronaviruses that are structurally similar to 2019-nCoV. 

 https://www.wsj.com/articles/gilead-sciences-scrambles-to-supply-experimental-coronavirus-drug-11581522704 

 https://time.com/5782633/covid-19-drug-remdesivir-china/ 

 BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China)  

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by Angus Liu | Feb 12, 2020 10:28am 

 https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma-asia/chinese-firm-copies-gilead-s-remdesivir-most-promising-drug-against-new-coronavirus 

COMPANY INFO 

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• Published: 04 February 2020

• Manli Wang, 
• Ruiyuan Cao, 
• Leike Zhang, 
• Xinglou Yang, 
• Jia Liu, 
• Mingyue Xu, 
• Zhengli Shi, 
• Zhihong Hu, 
• Wu Zhong & 
• Gengfu Xiao 

Cell Research (2020)

 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 

Tue February 11, 2020 4:30 PM|PR Newswire|About: JNJPR Newswire

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson Launches Multi-Pronged Response to Coronavirus Global Public Health Threat

Initiating Vaccine Development and Providing Supplies of Antiviral Medicines to China for Investigational Use

 https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-launches-multi-pronged-response-to-coronavirus-global-public-health-threat 

 Johnson & Johnson Announces Collaboration with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Fight InfluenzaJanssen and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) join forces to accelerate new therapies and vaccines to protect communities against the threat of a pandemic

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., – September 15, 2017 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ)

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The coronavirus has made headlines as it has spread from China to other parts of the world. To help stop the global outbreak in its tracks, Johnson & Johnson is already hard at work on a potential preventive vaccine.By Johnson & JohnsonJanuary 28, 2020 

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By Liu Zhihua | China Daily | Updated: 2020-02-05 09:07 

 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/05/WS5e3a156ca310128217274f36.html 

Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-04 23:47:08|Editor: Mu Xuequan 

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 Prognosis

By Robert LangrethFebruary 4, 2020, 3:44 PM EST 

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-04/trials-of-gilead-coronavirus-drug-in-china-could-start-next-week 

 Remdesivir is being rushed into trials for the new virus because it previously showed promise in laboratory tests against SARS, a virus similar to the current coronavirus. It’s already been used on the first U.S. coronavirus patient in Washington state, who improved after getting the drug, as well as a handful of other coronavirus patients in the West. 

Bloomberg NewsFebruary 5, 2020, 12:00 AM EST Updated on February 5, 2020, 6:47 AM EST

• Wuhan’s virology institute has applied for remdesivir’s patent
• Gilead said human trials on the drug have begun in China

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-05/china-is-trying-to-patent-gilead-s-experimental-coronavirus-drug 

ISSN 1748-7838 (online) 

• Published: 04 February 2020

 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 

By ZHANG ZHIHAO | China Daily | Updated: 2020-02-06 11:15

Clinical trials begin for remdesivir, which has shown promise in studies

 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/06/WS5e3b84d5a310128217275700.html 

 China / Society

• National Health Commission admits Wuhan lacked intensive care facilities at start of the outbreak, but more beds and staff have now been provided
• And an epidemiologist says preliminary tests have shown two drugs, Arbidol and Darunavir, could effectively inhibit replication of the new strain

William Zheng andMimi Lau

Published: 11:46pm, 4 Feb, 2020

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3048993/chinese-officials-say-priority-stop-mild-coronavirus-cases 

 Arbidol, commonly available as Umifenovir, is a potent antiviral used to treat and prevent influenza, while Darunavir is used to treat and prevent HIV/Aids. 

 https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(18)34836-7/fulltext 

 PREZISTA® (darunavir) is a prescription HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus type-1) medicine used with NORVIR® (ritonavir) and other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). 

 https://www.prezista.com/ 

PREZISTA® (darunavir) is a prescription HIV‑1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus type‑1) medicine used with NORVIR® (ritonavir) and other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

PREZISTA® should not be used in children under 3 years of age.

When used with other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV‑1 infection, PREZISTA® may help:

• reduce the amount of HIV-1 in your blood. This is called "viral load."
• increase the number of CD4+ (T) cells in your blood that help fight off other infections.

PREZISTA® is always taken with and at the same time as NORVIR® (ritonavir) in combination with other HIV‑1 medicines for the treatment of HIV‑1 infection in adults. PREZISTA® should also be taken with food. 

 https://www.janssencarepath.com/patient/prezista/cost-support 

NORVIR® (ritonavir) tablets and oral solution are prescription medicines each used with other antiviral medicines to treat people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection.

NORVIR® (ritonavir) oral powder is a prescription medicine that is used with other antiviral medicines to treat children with HIV-1 infection.

HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

 https://www.norvir.com/?cid=ppc_ppd_norvir_ggl_br_0017 

 https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3049227/who-owns-magic-cure-chinas-move-patent-gileads-experimental-drug-could  

 BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - Chinese researchers have applied for a local patent on an experimental Gilead Sciences drug that they believe might fight the novel coronavirus. 

 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coronavirus-china-wants-to-patent-gileads-experimental-wuhan-virus-drug?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=STFB&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1580898360 

 https://www.straitstimes.com/wuhan-virus-outbreak 

 FEBRUARY 5, 2020 / 2:21 AM / UPDATED 11 HOURS AGO

Zhang Yan, David Stanway

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters)

 “Even if the Wuhan Institute’s application gets authorized, the role is very limited because Gilead still owns the fundamental patent of the drug,” said Zhao Youbin, a Shanghai-based intellectual property counsel at Purplevine IP Service Co. 

 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-patent-idUSKBN1ZZ0RL 

Potential Indication: Ebola Virus Infection

PHASE 2
https://www.gilead.com/science-and-medicine/pipeline 

 Feb 06, 2020 03:35 AMBUSINESS & TECH

 https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-02-06/china-wants-to-patent-gileads-experimental-coronavirus-drug-101512006.html 

• Institute of Virology in Wuhan, the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak, filed a patent for Gilead’s remdesivir antiviral drug on January 21
• In a statement to the Post, California-based Gilead said it applied for a global patent in 2016, including in China, for using the drug to treat all coronavirus-linked illnesses

Eric Ng

Published: 8:00am, 6 Feb, 2020

 “We are aware of reports of the Wuhan Institute for Virology’s patent application,” said Sonia Choi, Gilead’s vice president of public affairs in a telephone interview with South China Morning Post. “Our focus at this time is on rapidly determining the potential for remdesivir as a treatment for [the novel coronavirus] and accelerating manufacturing in anticipation of potential future supply needs.” 

 “In theory, a patent owner may be able to use its patent to stop other companies from manufacturing, importing or selling that drug in China,” he said. “But a patent cannot stop doctors from prescribing the drug to treat a patient.” 

 https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3049227/who-owns-magic-cure-chinas-move-patent-gileads-experimental-drug-could 

 Feb 06, 2020 07:40 AMSOCIETY & CULTURE

By Xiao Hui 

 Translated By Sun Huixia and Dave Yin